30W engine oil is correct for the OD tranny. The oil supply is shared but
there are 2 drain plugs. Sounds like you found a bargain. Good luck.
patrick bailey had this to say:
>I got a '69 BGT for my 19 year old son
>today for$500!!! It's in pretty good
>shape except it will need the seats
>rebuilt or replaced and a couple of
>dents beat out.But it runs good and even
>has OD that works!So it looks like we
>will have a lot of fun restoring it.It
>has wire wheels 2 chrome,the headliner
>is very good,rebuilt SUs and the PO(not
>DPO yet!!)said the head was rebuilt
>about 300 miles ago but he didn't know
>if its an unleaded head,anyway I can
>find out without pulling it BTW it's a
>67 engine and trans.If anyone has some
>decent seats in SO Cal let me know.This
>is the first SU powered B I've driven
>and it doesn't seem a lot faster than my
>'79.A couple of questions...Do you drain
>the trans and OD together or are they
>separate?I'm going to put in a 30W oil
>is that OK for OD?We will check it out
>this weekend and I'm sure I'll be back
>with more questions!
>Pat
>
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
Runs great,
looks particularly bad since some SUV clown backed into it.
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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